"Look at him sitting there, you are the one who has won his heart, but you have not won his heart." Recently, a video of a principal in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province calling on parents not to give extra classes to their children during the winter vacation was circulated on multiple online platforms, attracting public attention. . How are the children doing during winter vacation? Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu News reporter investigated this.
Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu News reporter Wang Ying and Li Chen
More than 20 people attended the training class for five or six people.
"The high school entrance examination will be in half a year. We don't dare to relax completely, so we arrange a few days of rest for our children at home. In addition, we also sign up for training classes outside for weak courses." Parent Mr. Ding He said that there were originally five or six people in the training class, but the number suddenly increased sharply in the past two days, with more than 20 people crammed into one class.
The reporter learned that many parents said they would be anxious if they did not make up classes. Mr. Xie, a parent of a senior high school student, revealed that many parents hope that their children can improve their grades by checking for gaps during the holidays, so there is no shortage of parents who are willing to spend a lot of money to make up classes. "Some parents are looking for one-to-one tutoring, which costs 800 yuan per lesson, which lasts about two hours; some parents spent 18,000 yuan in tutoring fees in 10 days!"
"Winter vacation cannot become the third semester"
"You are the one who got him, but you didn't get his heart!" Recently, a video of a principal in Changzhou, Jiangsu, urging parents not to give extra classes to their children during the winter vacation went viral on the Internet. On February 3, the reporter contacted the principal who spoke the "voice" of the majority of students - Gu Xihong, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Changzhou Open University (former Party Secretary of Changzhou No. 1 Middle School).
It is understood that Gu Xihong has been engaged in modern family education research for a long time. He is a special principal in Changzhou City, deputy director of the expert committee of Changzhou Family Education Research Institute, a social education expert in Jiangsu Province, and deputy principal of Changzhou Community Parent School.
"This video is from the day before winter vacation on January 26. Changzhou Liyang Municipal Education Bureau invited me to give a live lecture to parents of middle school students in the city on topics such as how to have a fulfilling and meaningful winter vacation and how to conduct effective parent-child communication. "Gu Xihong told reporters that it is understandable that parents attach importance to their children's learning, but learning must also have scientific methods and follow the laws of education. Children can learn well only if they are healthy physically and mentally and have a strong heart.
Gu Xihong said that winter vacation cannot be the third semester for children. They should do some things that cannot be done during the semester to make their life more meaningful. "I believe that, first of all, children should catch up on sleep during the winter vacation to recharge their bodies; second, they should catch up on exercise. Appropriate exercise can promote children's physical and mental health and make them smarter; third, catch up on labor and enhance children's hands-on ability and Practical ability, enhance the ability to live independently and adapt to society; fourth, supplementary reading. Read a lot of books and talk to masters and celebrities. The child's knowledge will be expanded, the vision will be broadened, and the child will go further in the future; fifth, the child You should go out into society, go into museums, memorial halls, etc., learn about society and history, and you can also travel to see the wonderful scenery of the motherland and cultivate feelings for your homeland. Therefore, not making up for classes does not mean not learning, but learning at a higher level, which is also Learn with higher quality and efficiency.”
"Parents should not be too anxious and worried, causing too much psychological pressure on their children, and do not underestimate their children's strength and consciousness. Home-school collaboration does not mean home-school confusion, home-school equation. Schools are responsible for children's learning and further education, and parents should cultivate The child's character must have a healthy body, good habits, the ability to live independently, and become a responsible person," Gu Xihong said.
“The underlying basis of learning results is motivation”
Bao Zhiming, host of the education reform project at the High School Affiliated to the South Normal University and a special-grade chemistry teacher in Jiangsu Province, said, “Winter and summer vacations are meant to give time and space to students, allowing students to freely choose how to spend their time. But as a result, parents are anxious: we have to go to work, My children are unsupervised at home during the holidays, so they just sleep in and play games. It is best for the school to be in class all the time and not to have a holiday. If we really need to have a holiday, we can only find classes outside to make up for the lessons. There are many parents who think this way."
Bao Zhiming said that such a logical chain seems complete, but if you think about it carefully, you will find a problem: If attending classes all the time is helpful for growth, why are there winter and summer vacations all over the world?
"The underlying basis that affects a person's learning results is motivation and action. Physiological needs, safety needs, social needs, respect needs, and self-actualization needs. These five needs are hierarchical, and only the bottom ones are satisfied. Only then will there be demands from the upper level. The demand of 'wanting to learn' is at least at the respect level. After sorting it out, we can see that some practices are inappropriate: First, does your child sleep enough? Second, social needs It is also the underlying foundation of 'wanting to learn'. Therefore, during holidays, parents should let their children get enough sleep and participate in more social practice activities instead of blindly making up lessons."